[TIL] git: how to merge a remote branch locally

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TIL how to how to merge a remote branch (for example main) locally, which may be useful for when you’re working on a feature branch, main has been updated, and you’d like to include those updates in your branch:

git fetch origin main
git checkout a-local-branch
git merge origin/main
git push origin a-local-branch